Final Verdict: What Really Happened in the Rosenberg Case

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Final Verdict: What Really Happened in the Rosenberg Case

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A new narrative of the famed case that finally solves its remaining mysteries, by the author of the bestselling Invitation to an Inquest

Walter and Miriam Schneirâ€™s 1965 bestseller Invitation to an Inquest was among the first critical accounts of the controversial case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, famously executed in 1953 for passing atom bomb secrets to Soviet Russia. In Invitation the Schneirs presented exhaustive and damning evidence that key witnesses in the trial had changed their stories after coaching from prosecutors, and that the FBI had forged evidence.Â The conclusion was unavoidable: The Rosenbergs were innocent.
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But were they?
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Thirty years after the publication of Inquest, Walter Schneir was back on the case after bits and pieces of new evidence started coming to light, much of it connecting Julius Rosenberg to Soviet espionage. Over more than a decade, Schneir continued his search for the truth, meeting with former intelligence officials in Moscow and Prague, and cross checking details recorded in thousands of government documents.
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The result is an entirely new narrative of the Rosenberg case. The reality, Schneir demonstrates, is that Rosenbergs ended up hopelessly trapped: prosecuted for atomic espionage they didnâ€™t commitâ€”but unable to admit earlier espionage activities during World War II.
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As it happened, Julius Rosenberg was only marginally involved in the atomic spy ring he was depicted as leadingâ€”while Ethel, critically, was not at all involved. The two lied when the contended they knew nothing about espionage. Ethel knew about it and Julius had practiced it, but the governmentâ€™s contention that they had stolen the â€œsecretâ€ of the atom bomb was critically and fatally flawed.Â

Country	USA
Author	Walter Schneir
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	Brand: Melville House
EAN	9781935554165
Edition	1St Edition
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	1935554166
Label	Melville House
Manufacturer	Melville House
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	208
PublicationDate	2010-10-12
Publisher	Melville House
ReleaseDate	2010-10-12
Studio	Melville House

Final Verdict: What Really Happened in the Rosenberg Case

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